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"Save selection" saves more than just selected range
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Description
Issue type
UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)
Bug description
"Save selection" command when a few measures in a particular staff for a particular instrument are selected saves notes from other staves in the same instrument
Steps to reproduce
- Create a new grand staff (piano) score
- Add notes to both staves
- Select 1 measure, just the top staff
- Use "save selection" command
- Open the file created by step 4.
- Expected: only 1 staff and notes that were in it. Actual: 2 staves with notes from the other unselected staff.
Screenshots/Screen recordings
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MuseScore Version
4.3.1
Regression
I don't know
Operating system
Windows 11
Additional context
Actually wanted "Export to selection", not sure if it's worth putting in a feature request for that.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the issue in MuseScore 4.3.1 with a grand staff, then trace the "Save selection" command and its handling of selected staves and measures. Done means opening the saved file shows only the selected top staff and its notes, without content from the unselected staff.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100